Poems"Poems" by Samuel Rogers Samuel Rogers was an English poet, in fact, during his lifetime he was one of the most celebrated poets. This book collects his work in one easy place. Containing 33 of his most loved work, he tackles everything from sisterhood to sleep in his work. The Pleasures of Memory, Epistle to a Friend, Ode to Superstition, Written to be spoken in a Theatre, To——, The Sailor, To an old Oak, From Euripides, To Two Sisters, Written at Midnight, On a Tear, To a Voice that had been lost, From a Greek Epigram., To the Torso, To——, Written in a Sick Chamber, To a Friend on his Marriage, The Alps at Day-break, Imitation of an Italian Sonnet, On——asleep., To the youngest Daughter of Lady **, An Epitaph on a Robin-Redbreast, A Wish, An Italian Song, To the Gnat, An Inscription in the Crimea, Captivity, A Character, Written in the Highlands of Scotland, A Farewell To the Butterfly, Written in Westminster Abbey, and The Voyage of Columbus are collected here. |
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... thro' the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their antient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols clos'd the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasur'd tales, and ...
... thro' the hamlet broke, When round the ruins of their antient oak The peasants flock'd to hear the minstrel play, And games and carols clos'd the busy day. Her wheel at rest, the matron thrills no more With treasur'd tales, and ...
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... thro' the trees. Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze. That casement, arch'd with ivy's brownest shade, First to these eyes the light of heav'n convey'd. The mouldering gateway strews the grass-grown court, Once the calm scene ...
... thro' the trees. Whose hollow turret wooes the whistling breeze. That casement, arch'd with ivy's brownest shade, First to these eyes the light of heav'n convey'd. The mouldering gateway strews the grass-grown court, Once the calm scene ...
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... thro' their dust, Still from the frame, in mould gigantic cast, Starting to life—all whisper of the past! As thro' the garden's desert paths I rove, What fond illusions swarm in every grove! How oft, when purple evening ting'd the west ...
... thro' their dust, Still from the frame, in mould gigantic cast, Starting to life—all whisper of the past! As thro' the garden's desert paths I rove, What fond illusions swarm in every grove! How oft, when purple evening ting'd the west ...
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Samuel Rogers. Thro' sister elms that wav'd their summer-shade; Or strew'd with crumbs yon root-inwoven seat, To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat! Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene; The tangled wood-walk, and the ...
Samuel Rogers. Thro' sister elms that wav'd their summer-shade; Or strew'd with crumbs yon root-inwoven seat, To lure the redbreast from his lone retreat! Childhood's lov'd group revisits every scene; The tangled wood-walk, and the ...
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... thro' locks of blackest shade, When in the breeze the distant watch-dog bay'd:— And heroes fled the Sibyl's mutter'd call, Whose elfin prowess scal'd the orchard-wall. As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew, And trac'd the line of ...
... thro' locks of blackest shade, When in the breeze the distant watch-dog bay'd:— And heroes fled the Sibyl's mutter'd call, Whose elfin prowess scal'd the orchard-wall. As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew, And trac'd the line of ...
Contents
THE PLEASURES OF MEMORY PARTI | |
NOTES ON THE SECOND PART | |
NOTES | |
Dolce sentier | |
THE SAILOR | |
ON A TEAR | |
ON ASLEEP | |
WRITTEN IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND SEPTEMBER 1 1812 | |
ADDITIONAL NOTES | |
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